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Centering culture and care: Early 2025 highlights from Hawai’i and the Pacific

May 8, 2025 No Comments

Compassion & Choices is working alongside Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders to chart an end-of-life journey that reflects each of our values and priorities. Through community outreach, creative…

Updated Introduction to Medical Aid in Dying State Packets

August 7, 2024 No Comments

Our Introduction to Medical Aid in Dying state packets help explain the medical aid in dying process in jurisdictions where it is authorized*. Compassion & Choices updated the packets to…

An Introduction to Medical Aid in Dying – Hawai’i

August 5, 2024 No Comments

Our Care, Our Choice Act Medical aid in dying is the practice in which a terminally ill, mentally competent adult patient voluntarily requests and receives a prescription medication from a…

An AANHPI Month Reflection: Building Floats and Community in Hawai’i

May 13, 2024 No Comments

In April, Compassion & Choices was honored to participate in the Merrie Monarch festival in Hilo, Hawai’i. This weeklong celebration brings people from all around the world to celebrate…

History of the Hawai‘i Campaign

March 5, 2024 No Comments

History of the Hawai‘i Campaign Hawaiʻi residents have been working to authorize medical aid in dying in the Aloha State for nearly two decades, and Compassion & Choices Hawai‘i has…

Resources for Doctors

March 5, 2024 No Comments

For HI Healthcare Professionals Information for clinicians on the whole spectrum of end-of-life options (including medical aid in dying) is available at the Clinician Resources page.‘An Introduction to Medical Aid…

Hawai‘i Translated Materials

March 5, 2024 No Comments

Hawai‘i Translated Materials ChineseResources in Chinese:Hawai‘i Our Care, Our Choice Information for State Residents Fact SheetHawai‘i Our Care, Our Choice Frequently Asked Questions Fact SheetHow to Talk to Your Doctor…

Resources for Patients

March 5, 2024 No Comments

Resources for Patients The Hawai‘i Our Care, Our Choice Act was signed into law by Governor David Ige on April 5, 2018. The law authorizes the practice of medical aid…

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February 27, 2024 No Comments

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